Paul,
a Republican presidential candidate and a lawmaker from Texas, is a
longtime critic of TSA who has suggested eliminating the airport
security agency before. His new economic plan would get rid of TSA as
well as five Cabinet-level agencies, which Paul says will save the U.S.
government $1 trillion.

Instead of having a TSA, Paul's campaign
said he was in favor of "returning responsibility for security to
private property owners."

In a recent GOP debate, Paul said airlines could protect flights better
than a "federal bureaucracy." He also accused the agency of humiliating
women, molesting children and abusing disabled people in a radio
address this summer. "If the perpetrators were a gang of
criminals, their headquarters would be raided by SWAT teams and armed
federal agents," Paul said on a July edition of his weekly "Texas
Straight Talk" audio address.